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A standard glass of beer, wine or spirits contains the same quantity of pure alcohol, namely 10 grams. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Press release

09 Dec 2015

Individual susceptibility to liver toxicity of alcohol depends on the intestinal microbiota

Despite excessive alcohol consumption, some individuals remain in good health while others develop liver disease. This inequality regarding the toxicity of alcohol for the liver depends on the intestinal microbiota.

2015INRA Awards: Laurent Debrauwer, Technological Innovation for Research Award. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Magazine

08 Dec 2015

Laurent Debrauwer, inventing tomorrow

Laurent Debrauwer, manager of the metabolomics and analytical chemistry platform (MetaToul-Axiom) in INRA Toulouse, is the recipient of the 2015 Technological Innovation Award.

2015 INRA Awards: Sophie Layé, Scientific Breakthrough Award. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Magazine

08 Dec 2015

Sophie Layé, food for thought

Sophie Layé, Director of the laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology (NutrINeurO) at INRA in Bordeaux-Aquitaine, is the winner of the 2015 Scientific Breakthrough Award.

Sports activity. © Fotolia, karelnoppe-58262134

News

13 Oct 2015

Optimised olive oil for older people

Vitamin D, polyphenols and omega-3 could be combined beneficially in an oil matrix to preserve the mobility of elderly people

Radical-SAM enzyme TsrM catalyzes the reaction that produces Thiostrepton A. © INRA

Press release

12 Oct 2015

Researchers reveal complex mechanism used by bacteria to synthesize antibiotics

Bacteria use hitherto-undescribed pathways and a newly discovered enzyme family to synthesize complex antibiotics from simple amino acids. These are the surprising results of a collaborative study recently published in Nature Communications that was carried out by INRA researchers and their colleagues at the University of Michigan.This discovery has pharmacological implications, namely because it could help scientists design new antibiotics.

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